Early Winter 2004 on the Inside a “Look” Before and After the Skiing
SPECIAL ELECTION ISSUE FOR MEMBERS IN REGION 3, 4 & 7 Early Winter 2004 The Offi cial Publication of the Professional Ski Instructors of Amer i ca Eastern/Education Foundation A “Look” Before and After the Skiing Exams of 2003-04 by Peter Howard PSIA-E Chair, Alpine Education & Certifi cation Committee Over the years, progressions have been was a quality of performance that supersedes width, amount of wedge, when matching oc- used for teaching skiing and testing the com- the ability to get close in look to a certain curs, width of wedge, and the timing, duration petence of instructors. In the seventies, PSIA maneuver. But, perhaps because we couldn’t and intensity of movements. It is important brought the world the wonderful ski teaching quite fi gure out how to articulate the qual- that teachers can choose from, and demon- concept of being “Student- Centered”. The ity of performance we were looking for, we strate with, these tactical variations in order to practice of sticking with a narrow linear ap- continued in many cases to test for “one way provide an image that is tailored to the learning proach to learn to traverse, to snow plow, to do a wedge turn”. Sadly, the exam process needs of the students. When all of these tactical to stem, and to Christie was replaced by this was still somewhat maneuver-centered in an variations are supported by effi cient, modern, new concept. The bold and liberating idea of evolving Student-Centered era. and mechanically consistent movements, the student-centered teaching encouraged teach- So, what are the implications of these new marriage is complete.
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